The Amish Cook: After fences are up, everyone eats

4:57 PM,
Aug. 27, 2013

Written by

Lovina Eicher
Oasis Newsfeatures

The garden is still producing lots of vegetables. Today we made 18 quarts of spaghetti sauce and another 11 quarts of tomato juice. While the girls cut up all the vegetables, I sewed a dress and shirt. Still need to put button holes and buttons on the shirt.

Nights still seem empty with Verena and Loretta not home from 3 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. They are still staying those hours with 93-year-old Vivian.

The new fence is up and the horses and ponies are having a blast eating all the grass. This makes less chores for the boys since they don't have to feed hay to the horses mornings and evenings. It is also a lot ...